School Case Studies - Overview The Case Studies provided within this report have all attempted to embody the philosophy of Curriculum for Excellence, to marry this to the ethos of their schools and the needs of their pupils, to demonstrate their planning for transition from the Junior Phase and their planning for implementation of the Senior Phase. They have also addressed the issues raised in Section C of this publication.
The Case Studies contained in this section illustrate the work of individual schools and entire education authorities in responding to the opportunities and challenges of Curriculum for Excellence. They represent the work of six different schools and two separate Local Authorities. As such, they have been chosen to exemplify a range of size, catchment, denominational status and circumstance. The schools are: Case Study 1 -Dingwall Academy Overall Roll: 1065 Case Study 2 -Dumbarton Academy Overall Roll: 650 Case Study 3 -Perth High School Overall Roll: 1500 Case Study 4 -Portree High School Overall Roll: 600 Case Study 5 -St. John’s RC Academy Overall Roll: 1100 (all-through) Case Study 6 – St. Joseph’s RC Academy Overall Roll: 730 The Education Authorities are: Case Study 7 - Moray Council Case Study 8 - West Lothian Council In each case, the school or authority has addressed the following issues:
Size and Nature of School/Authority
Junior Phase Summary
Implementation of Senior Phase Structure
Staffing, Rooming and Timetabling
Leading Whole-School Transition 2010-2016
Assessment, Reporting and Profiling
Exemplifying Appendices
Executive Summaries The purpose of this publication is to take a succinct approach to the planning, implementation and leadership of Curriculum for Excellence, transition and the Senior Phase. In an attempt to ensure that readers will not be daunted, either by a huge tome or a vast website, only summaries of each case study are included in this booklet, but in sufficient detail to permit the reader to decide which full case studies to access from one of the electronic sources (see below). A typical full case study contains ten to twenty pages of detailed information, often accompanied by further appendices, on why and how the school or authority is approaching Curriculum for Excellence in the way it has.
The Case Studies provided within this report have all attempted to embody the philosophy of Curriculum for Excellence, to marry this to the ethos of their schools and the needs of their pupils, to demonstrate their planning for transition from the Junior Phase and their planning for implementation of the Senior Phase. They have also addressed the issues raised in Section C of this publication.
The Case Studies contained in this section illustrate the work of individual schools and entire education authorities in responding to the opportunities and challenges of Curriculum for Excellence. They represent the work of six different schools and two separate Local Authorities. As such, they have been chosen to exemplify a range of size, catchment, denominational status and circumstance.
The schools are:
Case Study 1 - Dingwall Academy Overall Roll: 1065
Case Study 2 - Dumbarton Academy Overall Roll: 650
Case Study 3 - Perth High School Overall Roll: 1500
Case Study 4 - Portree High School Overall Roll: 600
Case Study 5 - St. John’s RC Academy Overall Roll: 1100 (all-through)
Case Study 6 – St. Joseph’s RC Academy Overall Roll: 730
The Education Authorities are:
Case Study 7 - Moray Council
Case Study 8 - West Lothian Council
In each case, the school or authority has addressed the following issues:
Executive Summaries
The purpose of this publication is to take a succinct approach to the planning, implementation and leadership of Curriculum for Excellence, transition and the Senior Phase.
In an attempt to ensure that readers will not be daunted, either by a huge tome or a vast website, only summaries of each case study are included in this booklet, but in sufficient detail to permit the reader to decide which full case studies to access from one of the electronic sources (see below).
A typical full case study contains ten to twenty pages of detailed information, often accompanied by further appendices, on why and how the school or authority is approaching Curriculum for Excellence in the way it has.